The South Bayview Bulldog

Residents of Moore Park are reminded again Friday morning how names like Moore Park have been spirited away to other parts of the City to add a little lustre to the neighborhood. Thus we have the collision of a car into a vacant house on Moore Park Avenue, a locale far from its Midtown inspiration centred on Mt. Pleasant  Rd. and St. Clair Ave. E. This avenue is southwest of Steeles Ave and Yonge Street St. in the Newtonbrook area of North York. Two women were trapped in the vehicle and had to extricated by the fire department. Police say there may have been some drinking going on. CBC photo/ Twitter

The federal government in no less a presence than the prime minister himself has rejected a scheme to tax Netflix service in Canada with the money to be given to struggling newspapers. In recent times, many companies still publishing on paper have called for such a subsidy in the name of the protection of democracy. A noble cause if there is a connection. In the case of the Toronto Star, they have also called for the CBC to be forbidden advertising presumably to make the market easier for papers.

It was a lively late afternoon and evening on Mt. Pleasant Rd. as the BIA once again held its Shop, Wine and Dine event Thursday. There were many musical groups and tasty nibbles to be had. Below are the Pepper Shakers rocking the corner of Hillsdale Ave. Watch for the cameo appearance of Shirley Breen, manager of Meridian Credit Union.

Traffic was snarled on Laird Drive Thursday afternoon when a delivery truck clipped a utility pole on the west side of the street outside AML Auto Service opposite Industrial St. Traffic southbound was re-routed onto Stickney Ave at Gyro Mazda and then along Randolph Rd. The blockage might take a while because wires hanging low over Laird need to be re-strung.

The pilot of this promotional blimp parachuted but is suffering burns. The fire broke out as the blimp cruised over the US Open. It went down in a plume of smoke and crashed in a field.
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Take your pick but they’re not moveable like pictures over the sofa. At left is Phlegm’s rendering of a woman made up of bits of Toronto. In Paris, Spanish street artist Okuda has painted a multi-cultural version of the Mona Lisa on a building in the French capital.

Jurors in Norristown, Pennsylvania have told the judge they are deadlocked in the case of Bill Cosby vs Andrea Constand. The judge told them to keep trying to reach a unanimous decision. Some jurors appeared angry, the judge sounded exasperated and Canadian accuser Ms. Constand’s mother broke down in tears Wednesday.

It may be because there was no GoPro clamped to the thing onto which Erendira Wallenda attached her teeth as they lifted her over Niagara Falls. Producer, where was the face shot with teeth? Very gutsy no doubt and we believe that sensibly the government will not permit this type of stunting without a harness of some sort.

Brad Ross of the TTC has responded with firm denials to a suggestion made on CP24 at noon this week that his employer might have somehow miscalculated the curvature of streetcar tracks. This was said by a guest from CP24’s sister service BNN during an interview with Stephen LeDrew. The speculation as offered by the guest has now been characterized in email by Stuart Green of the TTC as “nonsense” adding that it was inspired “because he (the guest) hears the noise they make on turns. Ridiculous. Sad.” Mr. Ross said that “the TTC has not gotten the curvature of the streetcar tracks wrong.” The speculation in question was referred to facetiously in The Bulldog not as true but as a “wise discussion” about whether this had happened. Video: Corktown residents voice concerns over ear piercing streetcar noise

Emma Waverman, the CBC’s food columnist went to Leaside’s Andy Elder of Grilltime on Laird Drive to get an expert’s advice on a delicious burger. Click to listen.